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Togo, who pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations after a terrorist attack on their team bus, have been banned for the next two competitions in 2012 and 2014, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) says.
CAF president Issa Hayatou told AFP the decision was based on "governmental interference", which led to Togo's pull out of this year's edition.
The sanction was immediately attacked by Togo midfielder Thomas Dossevi, who urged the Togo Football Federation to lodge an appeal.
In another development the families of the two people killed in the attack are reportedly taking legal action against CAF and the Angolan state.
Togo quit the 2010 Nations Cup after two members of their delegation were shot and killed during the ambush on the team convoy as it arrived in the restive Angolan enclave of Cabinda.
The armed wing of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), embroiled in a decades-long separatist struggle, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Togo, captained by Manchester City star Emmanuel Adebayor, initially wanted to compete in Group B with Ivory Coast, Ghana and Burkina Faso, but quit on their national government's orders.
They left Cabinda to return home on the evening of the start of the competition on January 10.
